Romeo Crennel

Once upon a time five-year plans were a way of life in the NFL. Fire your underachieving coach, hire a new one and then give him five years to remake the franchise into a contender. Those five-year plans were the rule in the 1970s and 1980s. Patience on the part of management was mandatory because there was only one way to build a team back then through the draft. And it was a slow process. The new coach generally inherited a bad team, so his first season would be a wash as he implemented new systems and incorporated new players. He could finish with 4-5 wins and there would be no reason to panic. In the second season, more new players would enter the mix and improvement to 6-7 wins...

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